The Chinese word for pupil is
学生
xué shēng
Chinese Definition
| pupil | |
| 1. 名词. 学生 | |
| 2. 名词. 瞳孔 | |
| Components | |
| 学 | |
| 1. Variant of 學 | |
| 2. Variant of 孛 | |
| 生 | |
| 1. to live; to subsist; to exist | |
| 2. to grow; to develop; to bud | |
| 3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear | |
| 他 妻子 生 了 一 對 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls. | |
| 4. to be born; to come into existence | |
| 他 生 在 中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China. | |
| 5. pupil; disciple; student | |
| 你 作為 全日制 生 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis. | |
| 6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar | |
| 7. (opera) actor or male character | |
| 8. Short for 先生, gentleman | |
| 9. (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生, Mr. | |
| 10. 陳 生 - Mr. Chan | |
| 11. having life; live | |
| Synonyms: 活 | |
| 規矩 係 死 嘅，人 係 生 嘅。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not. | |
| 條 魚jyu4-2 啱啱 喺 條 河 度 釣 上soeng5 嚟，仲 係 生saang1 嘅。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive. | |
| 12. life; existence; being; living | |
| 殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life | |
| 13. fresh; not stale | |
| 14. unripe | |
| 15. raw; uncooked | |
| Antonyms: 熟 | |
| 生 洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions | |
| 我 覺gok3得 呢ni1 塊 肉 仲係 太 生。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw. | |
| 16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage | |
| 生 ^黎 (shēng Lí) - wild Li | |
| 17. strange; unfamiliar | |
| 生人 (shēngrén) - stranger | |
| 18. mechanically; forcedly | |
| 19. very; quite; extremely | |
| 生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of | |
| 20. vivid; strong; forceful | |
| 21. innate; natural; born with | |
| 22. living things; organism | |
| 23. livelihood; subsistence | |
| 謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living | |
| 24. lifetime; all one's life | |
| 來生 (láishēng) - afterlife | |
| 25. birthday; anniversary | |
| 慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday | |
| 26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue | |
| 27. to generate; to breed; to create | |
| 28. to manufacture; to produce | |
| 29. to happen; to occur; to take place | |
| 30. to catch (a disease) | |
| 我 生 了 什麼 病？ (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got? | |
| 生seⁿ蛇 (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN | |
| 31. to be infested by a parasite | |
| 生 跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas | |
| 生 蝨乸 - to be infested with lice | |
| 32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated | |
| 33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle | |
| 34. to light; to ignite (a fire) | |
| 母親 沒 有 生 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove. | |
| 35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇). | |
| Synonyms: 仩 | |
| 36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person |
Translations for 生 and their definitions
| 學生 | |
| 1. n. student; pupil | |
| 學生 時代 - student days | |
| 學生 手冊 - student handbook | |
| 一 位 認真 的 學生 - a conscientious student | |
| 提高 學生 素質 - to improve the calibre of students | |
| 誘發 學生 寫作 興趣 的 方法 - methods of arousing students' interest in writing | |
| 我 不 是 學生，我 是 工程師。 - I am not a student, I am an engineer. | |
| 大多數 學生 考 完 了 試。 - Most of the students have finished the exam. | |
| 學生 身邊 帶 著着zhe 手機。 - The students have mobile phones with them. | |
| 請 你們 選出 幾 位 學生 代表 來 參加。 - Please select a few student representatives to participate. | |
| 2. n. disciple; follower |
| 瞳孔 | |
| 1. n. (anatomy) pupil |
| 瞳子 | |
| 1. n. (anatomy) pupil (of the eye) |
| 学生 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 學生 |
| 弟子 | |
| 1. n. disciple; follower | |
| 2. n. (dialectal Mandarin, Min Bei, dialectal Wu) younger brother |
| 生徒 | |
| 1. n. (literary) pupil; student |
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